Vol 43 No 21 | MOROCCO Jettou set 25th October 2002 King Mohammed VI surprised Moroccans on 9 October by naming industrialist-turned-Interior Minister Driss Jettou as his new Prime Minister.
Vol 43 No 20 | MOROCCO Horse-trading 11th October 2002 Islamist politicians and Francophone analysts agree on one thing, at least: the longer the outgoing coalition partners, the Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires and Parti de l'Istiqlal, wrangle...
Vol 43 No 15 | MOROCCOSPAIN Everyone likes parsley 26th July 2002 The Parsley Island affair underlined the glacial nature of Rabat-Madrid relations. Spain's continuing occupation of the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, within Morocco, is highly sensitive. The coastal...
Vol 43 No 4 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Uncharted waters 22nd February 2002 The United Nations has issued an ambiguous legal opinion about exploration licences in the ocean off Western Sahara, and Morocco is objecting to exploration by Spain's Repsol YPF...
Vol 43 No 3 | MOROCCO A right royal putsch 8th February 2002 King Mohammed VI's cousin Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah has taken off for the United States, claiming 'police harassment'. He is 37, and second in line of succession after...